Handle for cooking utensils.



A/E. MAY.

HANDLE FOR. COOKING UTENSILS. APPLICATIONHLED OCT 7.1914.

Patented Aug. 21, 1917.

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\ ARTIE E. MAY, or TERRA ALTA, wnsr VIRGINIA.

HANDLE FOB COOKING UTE NSILS.

To all whom it may concern} Be it known that I, An'rin E. MAY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at v 1 Terra Alta, in the county of Preston and State of West Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Handles for Cooking Utensils, of which the following is a specification. j

The present invention relates to improvements in cooking utensils.

In carrying out my invention it is my purpose to provide a cooking utensil with a stub handle and also to provide a removable handle having a catch for engaging with the stub handle, so that the removable handle may be at all times retained in a cool condition and further whereby a largernumber of utensils may be placed upon the stove than is possible with the ordinary utensils provided with elongated handles.

It is also my purpose to provide a detachable handle which is substantially flat so that the natural tendency is to useit in a position where the hand will grasp, it most readily, to make the stub handle of the utensil also flat, to form a socket in the end of i the removable handle which will closely fit the stub handle so that the latter may not rotate or swing from side to side. therein, and to provide fastening means on the removable handle for quickly and firmly engaging the stub handle when these partsare connected, no matter which side up the removable handle is applied. Thus an portant object of my inventionv is carr ed out, which is that it gives the housewife practically no concern or trouble when she is called uponto attach the removal handle quickly to the stub handle of the utensil in which perhaps something is burning and there is need to remove the utensil at once from thestove.

WVith these and other objects in view, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawing: j

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a utensil having a removable handle constructed in accordance with the present invention,

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug, 21 1917,

Application filed October 7, 1914. Serial No. 865,541.

nature of a pan or skillet, but it is of course to be understood that the improvement may be applied to any design of such utensils. The utensil 1 is provided with a laterally extending stub or short handle 2, the same being preferably oblong in cross section and being provided with a transversely arranged slot 3 which is preferably formed near the juncture of the stub with the utensil, the said stub projecting from the upper edge or lip of the utensil. The removable handle is indicated by the numeral 4 as a fiattened member, the same being formed in one of its ends with a longitudinally extending socket 5 which is oblong to. closely receive the stub 2 of the utensil 1. Secured upon what I will term the upper face of the handle 4 is a spring catch member 6, the same having its outer end standing normally slightly above the handle and provided with adownturned lip 7 which is adapted to be forced in the slot 3 in a manner which will presently be described. The spring catch 6 is secured to the handle by a headed element, such as a rivet 6, as disclosed the several figures of the drawing, and this element is arranged to contact with the slide member hereinafter to be referred to, to prevent the same being removed from the handle when moved in the direction of the said member 6. The elongated body of the catch 6 gradually decreases in thickness from its inner end. to its opposite end so that the last mentioned end is reduced to a feather edge and is secured to the handle 4: by a rivet 6 beyond the bottom of the socket 5.

If desired and as illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings, the handle 4 may have what I will term its upper face provided with a transverse opening 8 which communicates with its socket 5, and the bent endor lip of the spring catch 6 is adapted to be inserted through the said vopening and caused to enter the socket 5;

arranged in proper position to receive the lip 7 of the catch when the said catch-is operated.

Arranged member or sleeve 9 which envelops both the handle and the spring catch, the said'sleeve being providedwith outwardly extending finger grips 10, so that, the sleeve maybe moved upon the handle toward the end of the same provided with the socket, and during such movement theinner upper wall of the sleeve will be moved along the inclined or beveled upper face of the catch 6 to swing the same toward the handle 4 and project its engaging lip '7 into theslot of the stub handle of the utensil. By moving the sleeve toward the outer end of the handle the lip of the spring catch will automatically spring beyond the socket so that'th'e handle 4 may be pulled longitudinally off of the stub handie 2 of the utensil.

Thus it will be seen thatI have produced a construction wherein the lip may stand beyond the inner extremity of the handle or may pass down through a hole-Sin its upper side, but in either case the movement of the sleeve causes the projection of this lip across the line of the socket and therefore across the line of the stub handle when the same isinsertedinthe socket The opening 3 in the stub handle is by preference'a trans verse slot asshown, for the sake of giving a firmer engagement-between it and a rather wide lip 7 as also shown, but this detail is tachment of the removable handle to thestub handle, which would not follow if the latter and the "socket'were squareor round. If

square, there might betwo points or positions ofpresentatlon of the removable handle where the tip of the lip would not engageeither end of the slot, and if round there might be many such places, besides, which the stub handle could then rotate within the cylindrical socket ,anclthe utensil might tip undesirably.

In some waysxperhaps the form of my inven-' tion shown in Fig. 5 will be preferable. The

In this instance the slot 3 in the stub 2 of the utensil l" is upon the handle 'isa sliding tip of the lip here contacts with the lower inner wall ofthe socket when the sleeve 9 is run up to the position shown, and thereforeeven if the parts should become wornit is impossible to slip the/sleeve off the end of the removable handle so long in the housewifes garments; Therefore,

while I'have spoken of this as a modified form of my devlce'because structurally it mlght be a little more expensiveto manufacture, it does possess points; of utility which might render it preferable to the other form.

From the above description,taken'in'con nectlon with the accompanying drawing, the simplicity of the device as well'as the ad vantages thereof will, it is thought, be 'perv V fectly apparentto those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

H'aving thus described the invention, what I claim is:

I 1. The combination with'a utensil having a fiat stub handle provided with atransverse slot'; of a removable handle also flat and having in its'inner' extremity a socket conforming" with the cross section of the stub handle, a spring catch riveted near one end upon the detachable handle with its body normally separated therefrom and its other en-d'having a. right-angular lip standing transverse tothe line of said socket and of a'size to fit closely the slot in the stub handle, and a sleeve inclosing the removable handle'andcatch between the ends of the latter, for the purpose described.

2. The'combination with autensil, and

stub handle projecting radially therefrom and of oblong cross-section, the handle being provided with a transverse slot; of a removable'handle fiat in contour and having in its inner end a socket of a cross section to closely fit the stub handle and in the upper wall of said recess a transverse slot adapted to register with that in the stub handle when the two handles are in correlated position, a spring catch having its body tapering toward its outer end 'and overlying the removable handle, its inner end being formed into a substantially right-angular lip standing within the slot in this handle and adapted to project through the slot in the stub handle, means for attaching itsouter end to the removable handle, the body of the catch normally standing in raised position In testimony whereof I afiix my signature with fespeclt to said lilandllle, anal Is: collar in presence of two witnesses.

slidab inc osin t is an e an t e catch betweeii the fast ning means and the lip of ARTIE the latter and having its inner upper wall Witnesses:

beveled to correspond with the bevel of the J ESSE HOMER MAY,

body of the catch, for the purpose set forth. SIMON METHEMJJY.

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